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Portrait, op. 149 #16

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setting of poem by Judith Wright (1’40”),

#16 from An Australian Odyssey, op. 149;

premiered by Helene Williams & composer,

Bryant Library, Roslyn NY Dec. 2, 2001,

Chapel Off Chapel, Prahran, Melbourne, Jan. 5, 2002

Erstwhile, op. 149 #14

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setting of poem by Chris Wallace-Crabbe,

#14 from An Australian Odyssey, op. 149;

premiered by Helene Williams & composer,

Bryant Library, Roslyn NY Dec. 2, 2001,

Chapel Off Chapel, Prahran, Melbourne, Jan. 5, 2002

Crosstalk, op. 149 #13

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setting of poem by John Tranter (2’10”),

#13 from An Australian Odyssey, op. 149;

premiered by Helene Williams & composer,

Bryant Library, Roslyn NY Dec. 2, 2001,

Chapel Off Chapel, Prahran, Melbourne, Jan. 5, 2002;

also performed at Hakoah Club, Bondi, Sydney, Jan. 9, 2002

Antipodean Heads, op. 149 #11

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setting of poem by John Forbes (1’50”),

#11 from An Australian Odyssey, op. 149;

premiered by Helene Williams & composer,

Bryant Library, Roslyn NY Dec. 2, 2001,

Chapel Off Chapel, Prahran, Melbourne, Jan. 5, 2002;

also performed at Hakoah Club, Bondi, Sydney, Jan. 9, 2002

After Babel, op. 149 #8

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setting of poem by Peter Goldsworthy,

#8 from An Australian Odyssey, op. 149;

premiered by Helene Williams & composer,

Bryant Library, Roslyn NY Dec. 2, 2001,

Chapel Off Chapel, Prahran, Melbourne, Jan. 5, 2002

Missing Him, op. 149 #7

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setting of poem by Jordie Albiston (1’30”),

#7 from An Australian Odyssey, op. 149;

premiered by Helene Williams & composer,

Bryant Library, Roslyn NY Dec. 2, 2001,

Chapel Off Chapel, Prahran, Melbourne, Jan. 5, 2002

Fugue, op. 149 #5

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setting of eponymous poem by Alison Croggon (2’05”),

#5 from An Australian Odyssey, op. 149;

premiered by Helene Williams & composer,

Bryant Library, Roslyn NY Dec. 2, 2001,

Chapel Off Chapel, Prahran, Melbourne, Jan. 5, 2002

No More Boomerang, op. 149 #3

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setting of poem by aboriginal Australian poet,

Oodgeroo Noonuccal (2’20”);

#3 from An Australian Odyssey, op. 149;

premiered by Helene Williams & composer,

Bryant Library, Roslyn NY Dec. 2, 2001,

Chapel Off Chapel, Prahran, Melbourne, Jan. 5, 2002;

also performed at Sydney Naturally, Jan. 19, 2002,

on 2 Melbourne radio broadcasts,

Dec. 30, 2001 & Jan. 5, 2002;

and at Jan Hus Playhouse, NYC, Apr. 27, 2008,

co-sponsored by Vox Novus & Remarkable Theatre Brigade

I Remember, [Sonnetina #12], op. 149 #2

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setting of sonnet by Jacob Rosenberg,

premiered by Effie Apelast-Weinberg & composer,

CAMI Hall, Oct. 23, 2001;

also performed by Helene Williams & composer,

Theodor Herzl Club, N. Caulfield, Melbourne 12/31/01,

and at Hakoah Club, Bondi, Sydney, Jan. 9, 2002;

#2 from An Australian Odyssey, op. 149 –

premiered by Helene Williams & composer,

Bryant Library, Roslyn NY Dec. 2, 2001,

Chapel Off Chapel, Prahran, Melbourne, Jan. 5, 2002

Love Sonnet #9 [Sonnetina #11], op. 149 #1

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setting of sonnet by Edith Speers, for soprano & piano;

#1 from An Australian Odyssey, op. 149;

premiered by Helene Williams & composer,

Bryant Library, Roslyn NY Dec. 2, 2001,

Chapel Off Chapel, Prahran, Melbourne, Jan. 5, 2002;

also performed by them at Hakoah Club, Bondi, Sydney,

Jan. 9, 2002; Sydney Naturally, Jan. 19, 2002;

and on 2 Melbourne radio broadcasts, Dec. 30, 2001

Dream Deferred, A, op. 152

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setting of Langston Hughes’ poem “Harlem”

for voice & piano (1’30”);

premiered by Helene Williams & composer, Apr. 14, 2002

at Queens College Langston Hughes Centennial;

also performed by Darryl Taylor;

and by Jeannine Otis & composer, 2nd Hofstra

Suburban Diversity Conference, Oct. 26, 2010

Eve, op. 156

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duet for soprano & tenor, a cappella (1’22”)

on text by Abel Meeropol;

premiered by Helene Williams & Gregory Mercer,

Queens College, Feb. 23, 2003;

recorded on Original Cast Records CD 6055

The Abel Meeropol Centennial Concert

Second Inaugural, op. 169

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setting of portion of Abraham Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address

for SATB & Keyboard

premiered at Christ Church Babylon, 2/13/05

performed & recorded by Metropolitan Philharmonic Chorus 2/26/06

also performed in Wooster, OH 2/12/09

and in Chicago, conducted by Michael Teolis, 2/15/10

What Is God?: An End to War, op. 180

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Ode from Euripides’ Helen (2’30”) for 2 voices & piano

in Greek or in English translation by composer

(with thanks to Elizabeth Horton & Paul Rapoport) Autumn 2006

premiered by Helene Williams, Gregory Mercer & composer,2007

by Helene Williams, Katherine Wieckhorst & composer, 2008

Conspiritor Reality, op. 184

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aka “Are You Now Or Have You Ever Been,”

part of a projected opera, Alger, based on the story of Alger Hiss.

libretto by Kim Rich; premiered in solo version

by Helene Williams & composer, Tamiment Library NYU 6/13/07

premiere of choral version 6/17/10 by members of

Metropolitan Philharmonic Chorus & NY City Labor Chorus

at Local 802, viewable on YouTube at

Long Island Is Just Not Long Enough, op. 186 #4

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for voice & piano, text by Marcia McNair,

#4 from Long Island Songs of Seasoned Women, op. 186

premiere by IJ Merenini & composer, 2/10/08

United Methodist Church of Huntington & Cold Spring Harbor,

and Cinema Arts Center, Huntington, 3/2/08;

also performed by Jeannine Otis & composer,

at First Hofstra Conference on Suburban Diversity, 10/22/09;

performance by IJ & composer at Court Street Music 6/27/10

viewable on YouTube at